title: Factors associated with stress of conscience among emergency medical technicians in China.
abstract: The current study was designed to investigate factors related to stress of conscience among emergency medical technicians in China. One hundred and seventy-five doctors and nurses from emergency departments completed questionnaires measuring demographic information, two personality traits (i.e. responsibility and logical-affective orientation), stress of conscience and colleagues' stress of conscience. Important findings include the following: (i) Stress of conscience varied as a function of age, years of work, and marital status; (ii) Participants' stress of conscience was highly associated with colleagues' stress of conscience; and (iii) Both responsibility and a logical orientation were negatively associated with stress of conscience.
authors.affiliation: Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Kang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Darius K-S
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D003242:Conscience; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013315:Stress, Psychological
keywords: colleagues' stress of conscience; logical-affective orientation; responsibility; stress of conscience